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Ur"chin (&û;"chĭn), n. [OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF. ireçon, eriçon, heriçon, herichon, F. hérisson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin to Gr. chh`r. Cf. Herisson.]
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1. (Zo&ö;l.) A hedgehog.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
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3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. “We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and fairies.” Shak.
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4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
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And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. W. Howitt.
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You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband? Goldsmith.
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5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. Knight.
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Urchin fish (Zo&ö;l.), a diodon.
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Ur"chin, a. Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] “Helping all urchin blasts.” Milton.
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